What event took place on December 3, 1896 and led to the formation of IBM?

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Incorporation by Herman Hollerith of The Tabulating Machine Co. (punched card tabulating equipment), the part of C-T-R that eventually became IBM's principal line of business.

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What event took place on February 14, 1924 and led to the formation of IBM?

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The name of C-T-R was changed to International Business Machines Corporation, a name which actually had been registered in New York since 1918. The name was first used in 1917 when International Business Machines Company, Ltd., was established in Canada.

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What event took place on June 16, 1911 and led to the formation of IBM?

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Incorporation of C-T-R, which had acquired Computing Scale Company of America, The Tabulating Machine Company, International Time Recording Company of New York, and the Bundy Manufacturing Company. Only the first three businesses were represented in the C-T-R name. There were also a number of other companies formed after 1889 which had been acquired by the various C-T-R units prior to 1911.

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What event took place on May 4, 1914 and led to the formation of IBM?

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Thomas J. Watson, Sr., was hired as C-T-R's general manager. IBM has traditionally recognized this date as its anniversary.

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What event took place on September 30, 1889 and led to the formation of IBM?

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The incorporation of Bundy Manufacturing Co. (time recording equipment), the first of many components that eventually became the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, Inc. (C-T-R), and later IBM.